TY - BOOK ID - 85297533 TI - A sociology of justice in Russia AU - Kurkchiyan, Marina AU - Kubal, Agnieszka PY - 2018 SN - 1108187633 1108182712 1108196047 1107198771 1316648281 9781108196048 9781108182713 9781108187633 9781107198777 9781316648285 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Justice, Administration of KW - Administration of justice KW - Law KW - Courts KW - Social aspects KW - Law and legislation UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85297533 AB - Much of the media coverage and academic literature on Russia suggests that the justice system is unreliable, ineffective and corrupt. But what if we look beyond the stereotypes and preconceptions? This volume features contributions from a number of scholars who studied Russia empirically and in-depth, through extensive field research, observations in courts, and interviews with judges and other legal professionals as well as lay actors. A number of tensions in the everyday experiences of justice in Russia are identified and the concept of the 'administerial model of justice' is introduced to illuminate some of the less obvious layers of Russian legal tradition including: file-driven procedure, extreme legal formalism combined with informality of the pre-trial proceedings, followed by ritualistic format of the trial. The underlying argument is that Russian justice is a much more complex system than is commonly supposed, and that it both requires and deserves a more nuanced understanding. ER -